Wolverine in other media

Adaptations of Wolverine in other media
Created by	Len Wein John Romita, Sr.
Original source	Comics published by Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Incredible Hulk #180 (October 1974)
Films and television
Film(s)	X-Men (2000) X2 (2003) X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Television show(s)	X-Men (1992) X-Men: Evolution (2000) Wolverine and the X-Men (2008)
Games
Video game(s)	The Uncanny X-Men (1989) X-Men (1992) X-Men Legends (2004) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Wolverine is the only X-Men character to be included in every media adaptation of the X-Men franchise, including film, television, computer and video games, and is the only one to have starred in his own video games.

Wolverine appears alongside the other X-Men in the episode "A Firestar Is Born" of the animated series, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends played by voice-actor Neil Ross.

He also appears in the 1989 animated television pilot X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men. Neil Ross reprises the character in both episodes, using an apparent Australian accent. This was due to the actor and director misunderstanding a line in the script. In the original script Wolverine calls the Australian mutant Pyro "dingo", and rather than take that as an odd Australian slur, they assumed Wolverine to be Australian.

Cathal J. Dodd voice-acts as Wolverine in the 1990s X-Men animated television series, the Marvel vs. Capcom series of fighting games, two episodes of the Spider-Man animated series, and the X-Men Cartoon Maker PC game. Masashi Ebara voiced the character in the Japanese dub. He used the aliases "Logan" and "John Logan" in the series.

In the 2000–2003 animated television series X-Men: Evolution, Wolverine, a man whose past is shrouded in mystery, provides the teenaged X-Men with battle training and creates conflict among his younger teammates. Voice-actor Scott McNeil portrays him.

This version of Wolverine doesn't have a romantic interest in Jean Grey, largely due to the age gap between the two. While this is normally not a problem for the hundred-year-old plus Wolverine in the comics, Jean was technically a legal minor for at least part of the first season of the show (she was around 17 at that time on the show), and the writers likely did not want to portray such a relationship to avoid censorship issues, a problem which does not exist in the comics as both are over the age of majority and of consent. Wolverine is an acting teacher at Xavier's institute, specifically in combat and survival techniques, but his gruff nature and soldier-minded concepts of training garner very little enthusiasm for his sessions from the younger students. His training as a ninja is hinted at in "Rogue Recruit", when he dons a nightsuit during a demonstration session for Kitty Pryde.

Wolverine, along with Storm and Beast, is an old friend of Xavier and takes a surrogate father role to the students much as Xavier does, specifically with Kitty Pryde, Rogue, and Nightcrawler. He shows a very protective side of himself when confronted with the story of the background of X-23, his clone who is introduced to the world in the third season. He also has ties to Magneto in this series, having saved Magneto as a child from the concentration camps in World War II, although the two of them are enemies throughout the entirety of the series, Magneto refuses to take an opportunity to kill Wolverine, Rogue, and Nightcrawler in the episode "Operation Rebirth" due to a debt he feels he owes to Wolverine for said rescue.

For most of the series Wolverine wears an orange and black costume reminiscent of his second, tan X-Men suit. Late in the series, he adopts a more realistic costume close in design to his Ultimate uniform.

Wolverine and the X-Men is the newest cartoon for the X-Men franchise, with Steven Blum playing the lead role. After an attack on the school and the disappearance of Xavier and Jean Grey, the X-Men disassemble. However, Wolverine begins taking a slightly uncharacteristic role in rebuilding the team, and with Beast investigating the attack on the school. After recruiting Iceman, Shadowcat, Forge, Beast, Cyclops, Storm and reluctantly agreeing to take on Emma Frost as their resident telepath, Logan leads the team in search for Xavier. After finding their mentor who is left in a coma-like state, they receive a message from Xavier in the future, informing the team that Logan continues to take leadership of the team, over Cyclops (who now suffers from depression over the loss of Jean, and cannot lead). This is the first series to mention Wolverine's birth name of "James", which he was called by Mystique.

For the seventh time, Steve Blum voices Wolverine again for the The Super Hero Squad Show series on Cartoon Network as a member of the squad. This version of him is more kid friendly, although still tough and violent. He used to attend Xavier's School for Higher Learning, known as Mutant High in this universe, but never obtained his diploma due to the Shi'ar invasion.^[1] Captain Canada appears in episode 11, "O, Captain, My Captain!". Tired of all he can take with the Super Hero Squad, Wolverine joins up with the international All-Captains Squad (consisting of Captain America, Captain Australia, Captain Brazil, Captain Britain, and Captain Liechtenstein) as Captain Canada where he helps them fight Plantman in the Amazon.

Wolverine appears in Black Panther voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

Wolverine appears during a flashback scene of episode 14 of the prequel micro-series to the animated series, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Logan fights alongside Captain America and other heroes as a Howling Commandos soldier in World War II. He is referred to as Howlett, which corresponds with his birth name of James Howlett. He is again voiced by Steven Blum.^[2] It was confirmed that Wolverine, alongside with fellow mutants Nightcrawler, Storm and Rogue will appear in season 2 of the show.^{[citation needed]}

As part of a four-series collaboration between the Japanese Madhouse animation house and Marvel, Wolverine starred in a 12 episode anime series that premiered in Japan on Animax and in the United States on G4 in 2011.^[3] The series will focus on him going to Japan to investigate A.I.M. Logan also appears during episode 4 of the Iron Man portion of the collaboration. He is voiced by Rikiya Koyama in the Japanese version and Milo Ventimiglia in English.

Wolverine appears in the Spider-Woman motion comics. In this series, he is voiced by Jeffrey Hedquist.

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Many actors were considered in casting Wolverine in a film adaptation of X-Men. At one point in the 1990s, Glenn Danzig was approached to play Wolverine in ad hoc committee X-Men film, because he bore a very slight resemblance to the character, as well as being the same height as Wolverine, and very muscular. However, he had to decline, because the shooting for the film would force him to put a halt to touring with his band for nine months.^[4]

Bryan Singer, the director of the first two X-Men movies, spoke to a number of actors about the role. He says Russell Crowe was too exhausted after playing a similar role in Gladiator; that the role didn't appeal to Edward Norton (Norton was also considered for fellow Marvel villain the Green Goblin in Spider-Man which he didn't play and would later be cast as fellow Marvel hero Hulk for the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk); and that Fox themselves ruled out Mel Gibson as being too expensive. In 1999, SFX magazine spoke to Keanu Reeves, who told the publication he didn't feel he was right for the role.

Eventually, Dougray Scott was cast as Wolverine, but shooting on Mission: Impossible II overran. Hugh Jackman became his replacement, and went on to play Wolverine in all the X-Men films: X-Men, X2: X-Men United, and X-Men: The Last Stand. When it was first announced, it was considered a highly controversial move,^{[citation needed]} as Hugh Jackman was not only known solely for his musical theater career, but the fact that he was simply too tall for the role (Jackman being 6'3", the comic-book version of Wolverine being approximately 5'3"). Despite these divergences though, Jackman's actual performance was incredibly well-received, becoming one of highlights of the series and launching his career into super-stardom.^[5] He reprised his role for a prequel film revealing more on Wolverine's origins titled X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He also reprised his role in a cameo in X-Men: First Class.

At the beginning of X-Men, Logan / Wolverine is introduced in Canada where he picks on persons in cage fights to make money, taking advantage of his adamantium skeleton. Later in the bar, he is confronted by a young Marie, who changes her name to Rogue (Anna Paquin) as she put her boyfriend into a coma while kissing him and hence ran away from Mississippi. It is here that she sees Wolverine's retractable adamantium-laced claws, when the latter engages in a fight. When he is about to leave in his truck, Rogue introduces herself to him and asks if she can come along. At first, he refuses, but later he relents and takes her with him.

On their way, their truck is attacked by Sabretooth (Tyler Mane). Wolverine tries to battle with him, but is knocked out. Before Sabretooth can do any further damage, he is stopped and chased away by two other mysterious mutants, Cyclops (James Marsden) and Storm (Halle Berry), who rescue both Wolverine and Rogue and bring them to the X-Mansion.

When Dr. Jean Grey (Famke Jannsen) tries to treat Wolverine, he comes to his senses and immediately starts exploring the place. He finds out that there are mutants like him there who were trying to control their unnatural abilities under the tutelage of Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart). Professor X convinces Wolverine to stay with them and become an X-Man, as he could get an opportunity to learn more about his forgotten past. Wolverine agrees and stays. A rivalry immediately forms between Cyclops and Wolverine as the latter flirts relentlessly with Jean, the girlfriend of Cyclops.

Later, Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), impersonating Bobby Drake / Iceman (Shawn Ashmore), tells Rogue to leave the place as "she is a danger to everybody else". This was actually a trick to lure Rogue out of the X-Mansion, so that she could be used by Magneto (Sir Ian McKellen) in the success of a machine that could turn all humans into mutants. When Wolverine finds out about Rogue's absence, he along with the X-Men reach the Statue of Liberty where Magneto is operating on his plans. In the process, Wolverine encounters Mystique and stabs her, virtually killing her, but she survives. He is also challenged by Sabretooth and they both engage in a fight, but Cyclops knocks Sabretooth off the Statue and he crashes into a boat below. In the end, Wolverine frees Rogue from the machine after Cyclops takes out Magneto, but she appears to be dead. Wolverine suffers life-threatening injuries when he intentionally makes contact with Rogue, allowing her to absorb his mutant healing factor in order to recover. After awakening in the mansion and recovering from his vast injuries, he declares his sincere amorous feelings for a reticent Jean. As a reward of his victory along with the X-Men, Professor X gives Wolverine a hint for the search of his past, directing him to a mysterious Alkali Lake. Prior to his departure, Wolverine leaves his dog-tag necklace with Rogue, promising that "I'll be back for this". At the end of the film, Wolverine is seen leaving the mansion on Scott's (Cyclops) bike towards his destination.

In X2: X-Men United, continuing his search that he started at the end of X-Men, Wolverine finally discovers the Alkali Lake, but only finds an old and deserted factory, giving no clue about his forgotten past. He is disappointed and returns to the X-Mansion after a call from Professor X.

Upon returning, Wolverine is given the responsibility to look after the mutant children in the mansion in Professor X's absence, who plans to visit Magneto in his "plastic prison" with Cyclops to discover what information had he given to William Stryker (Brian Cox). Jean Grey and Storm also leave in search of Nightcrawler (Alan Cummings), who was found guilty of attacking the President of the United States. When the Professor is interrogating Magneto, he learns that Magneto had leaked all the information about the X-Mansion and the Cerebro to Stryker. Moreover, Professor X is later kidnapped along with Cyclops by Stryker's forces.

Back in the X-Mansion, at night, Wolverine has nightmares of his involvement in the mysterious Weapon X program, and decides to walk around the mansion, where he starts chatting with Bobby / Iceman. But all of a sudden, Stryker along with his military troops, invades the mansion and starts to the look for the Cerebro. Wolverine kills many of the soldiers, and saves the mutant children. He asks Colossus / Piotr Rasputin (Daniel Cudmore), Bobby, Rogue and Pyro / John Allerdyce (Aaron Stanford) to leave. And as Wolverine is about to escape too, he is confronted by William Stryker, whose presence strikes more forgotten memories in his mind. But he shakes out of it, and leaves with the remaining X-Men in a car for Boston to Bobby's house. Meanwhile, Stryker finds the Cerebro and steals it.

When Storm and Jean, along with Nightcrawler, learn of the attack on the X-Mansion from Wolverine, they head towards Boston in the X-Jet to recruit the X-Men from Bobby's house. During the X-Men's journey, Magneto and Mystique, who helped the former to escape from his prison, offer their help to the X-Men in bringing down William Stryker, who, as revealed by Magneto, was planning to use Professor X and his handling of the Cerebro to kill all the mutants on Earth. He also reveals Stryker's base of operations to be the Alkali Lake. The X-Men agree to form the alliance. Wolverine later kisses Jean, but is rejected by her as she tells him that she loves Scott. Mystique, seeing this exchange, takes advantage of Wolverine's love for Jean and approaches him in his tent, disguised as Jean, but Wolverine quickly discerns that she is an imposter(by the wound on her stomach made by Wolverine's claws in the first film) and rejects her.

At the Alkali Lake, Jean finds that Stryker's base was underground. Mystique, impersonating Wolverine, infiltrates the base and tricks Stryker's troops to open a gateway for the X-Men to enter. There, Wolverine decides to explore the base all by himself and he comes across a laboratory where he sees his claws' scratch marks on the walls. Now, he starts remembering what happened to him and how he was experimented upon with the adamantium. William Stryker arrives and clears Wolverine's doubts, revealing that he had created the "animal within Wolverine". When Wolverine is about to get his hands on him, Stryker introduces another mutant with adamantium skeleton and claws, Lady Deathstrike / Yuriko Oyama (Kelly Hu), who gets the better of Wolverine in a fight until he injects an overdose of liquid adamantium into her body. Wolverine trails Styker while the other X-Men rescue Cyclops, Professor X and the kidnapped mutant children.

After the destruction of his base, Stryker tries to flee in his helicopter but is caught by Wolverine and interrogated. Stryker refuses to cooperate and is pinned by Wolverine, who leaves him to be drowned in the flood water. When the X-Men are about to leave, Jean sacrifices herself by protecting them from the flood. Wolverine and Cyclops mourn her death. In the end of the film, Wolverine, hiding his love for Jean, informs Cyclops that Jean had chosen to be with Scott.

Wolverine returns in X-Men: The Last Stand. He once again stands against Magneto and his Brotherhood, apparently now more comfortable in his role as an X-Man and a hero, but he is conflicted with the decision of whether or not to kill Jean Grey, who is being influenced by her dual personality, the Phoenix.

He goes to Magneto's hideout to get Jean. He is confronted by Spike whom he kills with his claws. After listening to Magneto's speech to hundreds of his mutant army and their plans to kill Jimmy, the controversial cure of the mutant he decides to convince Jean to return with the X-Men. After a brief confrontation with Magneto, Wolverine tells Beast, Storm and others about Magneto's plans and they decide to stop him.

In the climax, on the Alcatraz Island With the help of Colossus and a Fastball Special, he distracts Magneto, allowing Beast to inject him with the cure, curing him. Finally, when Jean goes on a rampage, he goes towards her, relying on his healing abilities to save himself from being dismembered by Jean's powers which were now working at sub-atomic level. Finally, he decides to go against his decisions and stabs Jean with his claws after confessing his love for her.

Steven Blum reprised his role as Wolverine in the film Hulk Vs, in a segment called "Hulk Vs. Wolverine". It also features many Wolverine's past. This was tied in with the Wolverine and the X-Men series in episode 7, titled "Wolverine vs. Hulk", though the ties are incredibly loose, as there is very little (if any) continuity between this movie and the episode.

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20th Century Fox set Gavin Hood to direct Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, an "X-Men" spinoff that was written by David Benioff and Skip Woods. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which began production in November 2007 for a May 1, 2009 release, was be produced by Lauren Shuler-Donner, Ralph Winter, Jackman and his Seed Productions partner John Palermo. Using several resources that include the Marvel Comics lore, along with the more recent Weapon X graphic novels, Wolverine mixes action with an origin story about how Logan emerged from a barbaric experiment as an indestructible mutant with retractable razor-sharp claws.^[6]

This story begins with Wolverine's childhood as James Howlett, his powers activating in 1845 after witnessing the death of his father at the hands of Thomas Logan, who reveals that he is James' biological father only after the grief-stricken James has impaled him with his new claws. Fleeing with his half-brother Victor, the two spend the next several decades operating as soldiers in various wars (where their mutant abilities offered an edge in battle, allowing the brothers to survive from time to time) until Vietnam when they are recruited by now-Major William Stryker for a special team (consisting of Logan, Stryker, Victor, teleporter John Wraith, super-strong Fred Dukes, marksman David North (a.k.a. Agent Zero), electricity manipulator Chris Bradley and swordsman/martial artist Wade Wilson), but James leaves the team after realizing how willing the other members are to kill innocent people to achieve their goals.

Moving on to become a lumberjack with a woman called Kayla Silverfox, James - now going by the name of his real father, Logan - is lured back to Stryker after the apparently rogue Victor kills Kayla, prompting him to agree to Stryker's offer to enhance his skeleton with adamantium to give him the strength to kill Victor- choosing the name 'Wolverine' from a tale Kayla told him about a spirit that was tricked into being parted forever from his lover the Moon-, only to flee when he learns that Stryker intends to erase his memories and use his DNA as part of another experiment. Escaping the labs and eliminating the first wave of pursuers- along with his former teammate Agent Zero- Wolverine tracks down teammates John Wraith and Fred Dukes, learning from both of an island facility where Stryker keeps mutants prisoner. Finding the facility with the aid of Gambit- the only mutant alive to escape it-, Wolverine is horrified to learn that Kayla was actually an agent of Stryker's all along and her death was faked, but is spurred back into action when he learns that she did genuinely love him. Freeing the mutant prisoners- including Kayla's sister Emma and Wolverine's future ally Scott Summers-, Wolverine confronts the newly activated 'Weapon XI'- his former teammate and friend Wade Wilson now Deadpool, his mouth now sealed shut and artificially granted multiple mutant powers-, finally defeating him with the aid of Victor, who vows that only he gets to kill Wolverine.

Before Wolverine can leave with Kayla, however, Stryker shoots Wolverine in the head with adamantium bullets, subsequently departing after Kayla orders him to leave using her power of persuasion. When Wolverine regains consciousness, his injuries have healed but the damage to his brain has seemingly permanently destroyed his memories, subsequently departing the island to seek his own way.

Jackman reprises his role as Wolverine in a cameo in X-Men: First Class, another origin film set in the 1960s about the beginnings of the X-Men. Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr find Wolverine via Cerebro and introduce themselves to him at a bar, but he rudely dismisses them, although he looks back at them thoughtfully as they leave the bar.

Hugh Jackman is set to reprise his role as Wolverine in a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine entitled The Wolverine. The film will chronicle Wolverine's time in Japan, as well as his confrontation with Silver Samurai.

Wolverine is a playable character (often the primary or default playable character) in all X-Men video games and many Marvel video games in general including The Uncanny X-Men, X-Men (arcade game), X-Men (Sega), and X-Men 2: Clone Wars.

Video games featuring Wolverine as the lead character include Wolverine for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Wolverine: Adamantium Rage for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis.

• Wolverine also appears in several Spider-Man related games, beginning with 1992's Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge, and followed by a cameo in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for the Game Boy and as a poster on a wall in the 2000 Spider-Man video game.
• Keith Szarabajka voices the character in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game. He appears as a boss that the player must defeat when playing as the villain Venom. Venom flings Logan's motorcycle through the wall of a pub, and Logan attacks in retaliation.
• Wolverine appears in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows voiced by Steven Blum. He ambushes Spider-Man at Hell's Kitchen and ask him questions to determine if Spider-Man is a symbiote or not. Later in the game, Wolverine becomes a symbiote-possessed monster and battles Spider-Man, serving a more powerful version of the boss form he was in earlier. If the player chooses the Red Suit Path, Wolverine fights the symbiote and breaks free from its control. If the player chooses the Black Suit Path, Spider-Man will absorb Wolverine's symbiote and then rip him in half with Wolverine swearing to kill him. In both Black Suit endings, Black Widow enlists a symbiote-controlled Wolverine (who is in full control of his symbiote) to bring her Spider-Man dead or alive. The Symbiote-Wolverine prefers the dead option. Wolverine is an assist character who will slash at any opponents in all versions.
• Wolverine is referenced in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions in Deadpool's level where Deadpool mentions him and Spider-Man switching brains. He also makes a cameo in the Hobgoblin's level as a visual display, seemingly borrowing the design from Hulk Vs.

He is a playable character in X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse, X-Men: Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, and Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. He is voiced by Cathal J. Dodd in these games with the exception of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, in which Steven Blum reprises his role. There are 2 selectable versions of Wolverine in Marvel vs. Capcom 2: one with adamantium claws and the other with longer bone claws.

Wolverine appears as a playable character in X-Men: Mutant Academy, X-Men: Mutant Academy 2, and X-Men: Next Dimension. Cathal J. Dodd reprises his role for the first game, while Tony Daniels voices the character for the sequel.

Wolverine is an unlockable character skin in Activision's 2001 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.

Wolverine is one of the playable characters in the movie tie-in games X2: Wolverine's Revenge, X-Men: The Official Game and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Mark Hamill voices the character in X2: Wolverine's Revenge, while the others feature Hugh Jackman reprising his role from the films.

• Steven Blum provided the voice for Wolverine whom is playable in X-Men Legends and its sequel X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse.
• Steven Blum reprises Wolverine in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. His Modern costume, Classic costume, Astonishing costume, and Ultimate Marvel costumes are available. He has special dialogue with Jean Grey, Deathbird, Dum Dum Dugan, The Vision, Black Widow and Nick Fury. A simulation disk has Wolverine fighting Warstar on the Omega Base and another simulation disk has Ghost Rider defending him from Baron Mordo.^[7]
• Wolverine appears as an initially playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, alongside Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man and Nick Fury, attacking Latveria at the beginning of the story. His Secret War attire features as his alternate costume. Steven Blum again reprises the role.

Wolverive will appear as a non playable character in the upcoming RPG X-Men Destiny.[1]

• Wolverine appears as a playable character in the Marvel Super Hero Squad video game and its sequel, with Steven Blum voicing the role.
• Wolverine is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.

• Wolverine appears in the X-Men/Star Trek crossover novel Planet X. In it, he befriends Worf, who has a similar appreciation of combat and fighting. Wolverine programs the holodeck of the Enterprise-E to simulate Sabretooth, the Blob, Unus the Untouchable, and Juggernaut for him and Worf to fight.

The Bloodhound Gang mention Wolverine in the song "Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?". In the first few lines, the song states that when the person was born, "Wolverine is less hairy than your son", referencing Wolverine's prodigious body hair.

The band Entombed has an album, Wolverine Blues, with Wolverine on an alternate cover. The album also had a single of the same name. The band, though, did not intend to associate the album or the song with the character - even though the music video of the title track contains many images of Wolverine.

Brazilian rock singer Nasi, of Ira! fame, because of his similarity with the character, in his first solo album, called "Onde os Anjos Não Ousam Pisar" (where angels dare not to tread), posed as Wolverine, with a cigar and adamantium claws. The album has also a track called "Wolverine Blues", but it has no connection with the Entombed version.

The punk band Rancid has a song called "Sidekick" which mentions Wolverine fighting police officers and government agents to protect homeless people.

The rap artist Xzibit references Wolverine in his song "X", with the (admittedly incorrect) line "My whole skeleton is dipped in titanium" (the correct would be adamantium).

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Wolverine has often been rendered in plastic, either independently, or in conjunction with other media. Mattel was the first, with the 1984 Secret Wars line, supported by five points of articulation, including the neck, shoulders and hips. Among other notable figures, started a controversial trend in toys: the variant. His claws came in two different color options, one set silver, the other set black. When collectors began trying to complete their sets for Secret Wars, the silver set was readily available, while the black set was found to be rare.

While Wolverine was the first to be rendered in plastic, the other X-Men would go several years with no interest, until 1992 when "Night of the Sentinels" was shown in animated form. With a toy line in stores retailing at roughly five inches, they had a modest roster of seven figures. The sculpts were a cross between DC's Superpowers line and GI Joe. The points of articulation included on these figures were relatively standard, but many of the figures also include action features as well.

Out of the twenty-eight waves of the X-Men line produced by Toy Biz, starting with 1991s series 1, only two series of the line did not feature a Wolverine (Counting Albert, because his package clearly states; "Robot Wolverine"...) Twenty-six figures were eventually produced, but with; repaints, two-ups (10" figures) or reissues, the total count is uncertain.

In 1998, Marvel had begun producing X-Men: Evolution in '99, and that line of toys yielded a net of six Wolverine action figures. But at the same time of the movies release, Wolverine gave us another nine figures. The toy line performed well, as Toy Biz began producing figures in 6" to support the character's animated exploits. In 2003, they featured a figures with twenty-six POA. X-Men: Classics were 6" and they added three Wolverines...

Marvel Legends started in 2002, releasing two solid waves with no Wolverine. Toy Biz boasted 26+ POA (points of articulation), extreme detail, and excellent paint applications. It seemed that Marvel wanted to create iconic versions of all their characters with the collector in mind. Gone were the days of colorful, childlike toy packages. They were replaced with; impenetrable clamshells that flattered the characters in general.

During Toy Biz's production of Marvel Legends, there were a total of 13 Wolverine figures produced. These included Classic costume (with unmasked variant), Brown costume, a Weapon X figure, a "Days of Future Past" Logan figure (with younger variant), an "Astonishing X-Men" costume (with unmasked variant), an "Age of Apocalypse" figure (with burnt face variant), another unmasked Classic costume model (With a different head sculpt included in an X-Men 5-pack boxset) and an original costume model included in a 2-pack with Sabretooth (a variant "raging" model was also produced). Toy Biz as well produced a short-lived X-Men Classics toy line which included two more Wolverine figures. Another X-Men line was released in 2005 which included Ninja Armor Wolverine, Stealth Wolverine and Air Strike Wolverine action figures.

In 2007, Hasbro took over production of Marvel Legends. The 2nd wave of figures produced included an "Ultimate" Wolverine figure. Also they produced a 25th Anniversity Wolverine exclusively to Toys R Us. The figure itself is just a repaint of Toy Biz's Marvel Legends Series 6 Wolverine painted silver. The package comes with no BAF and features a picture of his famous solo series.

Diamond Select began a Marvel Select collectors line-up. They promised even more detail than the X-Men and Marvel Legends lines. Although they were not in scale with the other figures, offered more Wolverines, three to date. Marvel Legends has provided 13 different figures, including variants, including deluxe scale figures and Icons.

Wolverine is the second figurine in the Classic Marvel Figurine Collection. It is notably the shortest figurine in the collection at 77.5 millimeters.

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